Mineral County News

Guy Rocha, the former Nevada archivist and historian, says Nevada's current economic malaise will turn out to be worse than that suffered in the Great Depression.

Sheriff Ken Furlong and his wife Phyllis escaped injury Monday when their car rolled over after sliding on black ice south of Mina, 154 miles southeast of Carson City.

All schools in the Washoe County District will be on a two-hour delay Tuesday. Tip: Call this line for Washoe closures - 334-8373. Maybe even program it in your cell phone for next time! Bishop Manogue High School is closed.

Residents of the Smith Valley area need to at least be aware of a new public lands proposal hailing from Douglas County that could impact lands near private property in SV.

County Taxable Sales Change from '09 Carson City $54.5 million -23.8% Churchill $20.1 million -56.3% Douglas $48 million -11.6% Lyon $27.4 million -27% Storey $3.8 million -36.1% Washoe $443.4 million -20.6% Clark County $2.35 billion -16.5% Statewide $3.18 billion -17.7% Source: Nevada Taxation Department Taxable sales continued their downward ...

The Department of Taxation this morning reported that taxable sales in Clark County in September dropped 16.5 percent from the same month last year, but statewide sales plunged 17.7 percent.

" The Nevada Supreme Court denied the latest appeal of death row inmate William B. Leonard, convicted of killing a fellow inmate at the Nevada State Prison in October 1987.

Taxable sales in Nevada plunged 24.1-percent in August, marking that 10th straight month of double-digit declines, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported Wednesday.

Today's economy continues to challenge the survival of many local businesses. A partnership of Northern Nevada organizations and Churchill Economic Development Authority will conduct a Moving Business Forward Seminar on Saturday.

Canyon Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed the final tranche of its $1.25 million foreign private placement offering by issuing 1,375,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.04 per share for total proceeds of $55,000. The issuance was completed under the provisions of Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 .

The 45-day comment period for the draft EIS regarding a new Travel Management Plan for the U.S. Forest Service's Bridgeport Ranger District ends on Sept.

A man law enforcement says is wanted for alleged crimes in two states and that has appeared on a nationally syndicated television crime show was arrested in a rural Western Nevada town.

Today's economy continues to challenge the survival of many local businesses. A partnership of Northern Nevada organizations and Churchill Economic Development Authority will conduct a "Moving Business Forward" seminar on Aug.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's taxable sales continued their downward slide in May, for the first time dipping below the Economic Forum projections used to finalize the state budget.

An auction of 323,222 acres of public land by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for geothermal leases, including parcels in Nye and Esmeralda counties, raised $8.9 million.

A presentation to the Lyon County Board of Commissioners from U.S. Forest Service officials regarding a Secure Rural Schools Resource Advisory Committee, a requirement of receiving more money under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Preservation Act 2008 reauthorization, resulted in disgruntlement into how the committee was made up.